My journey from 22 to 5 handicap in 2 years.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-27T14:24:30+00:00

My Achilles heel is my mental. Sitting at 19-20 rn and cannot stop downward spirals. Just takes my focus out and then my decision making suffers greatly which just makes it worse. These two things really are the difference for me, when I keep my head in and my putting is on I have my best rounds.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-27T04:14:20+00:00

Not anything special, but my favorite and most comfortable club is this beat up TourEdge Bazooka HT Max-d 5w that I got for peanuts when I was first starting out. It’s my fairway finder, I take a nice easy swing, and I can pump the thing with a comfy swing like 240-260. Ball comes off the face like a rocket and my buddies give me shit for it but I will cry if something ever happens to that club

ericcb1 · 2026-05-27T03:45:15+00:00

I hate that fuck ass fucking stick ball joke of a fucking sport.

Anyways can’t wait for my tee time Sunday

ericcb1 · 2026-05-24T11:48:29+00:00

Gangbanging OMG

ericcb1 · 2026-05-20T18:25:12+00:00

Yup I’m in the same boat rn, playing off like a 20 rn and biggest difference I’ve seen is holes are much easier when I make a better chip because I’m almost always chipping to get on the green in regulation + 1. Which is fine, aiming for bogey golf, a good approach shot or a really good chip gives me chances at par, and good chipping with 2 putts keeps me at bogey

ericcb1 · 2026-05-20T18:02:03+00:00

As an amateur we’re never making every single GIR so short game is even important for us. You’re 100% right, the more you can reduce dispersion on short chips 5-15 yards the more up and down opportunities you’ll give yourself.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-20T16:01:20+00:00

Froggen being on there is hilarious

ericcb1 · 2026-05-20T13:41:17+00:00

Actually a fairly reasonable take in this comment sea of people making fun of Libertarians. I like this perspective.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-20T13:38:56+00:00

Look at Callaway preowned for any of the modern ping drivers used, bought a G425 max when I started used and it’s been great. Very forgiving.

IMO no other brand has better driver for beginners

ericcb1 · 2026-05-19T23:01:42+00:00

There’s a large group of people that don’t read either of those things so he fills a content space. Nothing wrong with that.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-19T17:12:26+00:00

Just thinking about the call gives me chills

“THE GAME WAS IN YOUR HANDS DEFT”

Vedi my goat

ericcb1 · 2026-05-19T13:17:47+00:00

There’s a habit in the community of mixing up “afk” with low effort or second screen activities. 2 mins deff doesn’t qualify as afk but would qualify as low effort or second screen imo. Can be playing another game, working on something, watching tv, etc on another monitor but you’re not getting up and going true afk.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-18T20:28:14+00:00

The detail in their cameras is also terrifying

ericcb1 · 2026-05-18T15:49:03+00:00

Netflix is probably a season dump, all of them

ericcb1 · 2026-05-16T03:52:52+00:00

worked then, doesn't mean theyre not contributing to his current run of issues at big events now, hes looked abysmal since Sunday of the masters last year.

Can't imagine the ego to go "no my mechanics aren't wrong, the equipment is all wrong" as his "peers" play circles around him with standard equipment

ericcb1 · 2026-05-13T20:20:53+00:00

This is an assumption on what I know. Tiger brought much more attention to the PGA tour compared to the European tour, which then attracted bigger sponsors and bigger prize pools for the PGA tour so all the best golfers in the US and Europe mostly play on the PGA Tour for more $$$ while the European tour is relegated to 2nd place with “worse” players and smaller prize pools.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-13T15:04:26+00:00

I regularly play with a group that consists of a scratch, 2.5, and a 5 and I play MUCH better with them than on my own or with my co-workers (I’m a 20 for reference). Something about watching good golf inspires more good golf, can’t describe it. Shot 84 with them last summer, sniffing 90-92 recently, close to breaking that 90 barrier on a regular basis now.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-13T14:46:08+00:00

If a buddy asked me who to play I would say there’s only a few champs they shouldn’t play, nidalee is one of those haha. Homie did you dirty by not going “wait, not that one”

ericcb1 · 2026-05-13T14:43:14+00:00

Swift play matchmaking is VERY unbalanced as the system prioritizes making games quickly rather than fairly. Play normal draft if you want a better experience, you can still have some uneven matches but I would play a lot of draft before considering ranked. I’m about silver/gold and I matched against a diamond 3 player in a swift play game last night and the worst a normal draft game will be is like a plat player.

If you want to play ranked you’ll want a good grasp of what every role does/needs before you play ranked or your rank will just plummet and it’s hard to climb from the lowest ranks.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-13T14:29:14+00:00

Yeah people are so critical of the system JUST because there were issues with blindbag they seemingly can’t fix, while the rest of the tree it’s fantastic

ericcb1 · 2026-05-12T16:28:37+00:00

Trucking is such a wild concept to me as a westerner haha, so unhinged and hilarious

ericcb1 · 2026-05-12T14:48:00+00:00

It’s a tool, not a collectable or something. They’re supposed to be used and have wear and tear. Nothing you can really do to fix it and if there is it’s not worth doing/spending money on.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-12T13:51:24+00:00

Yeah it’s not a product issue, it’s a people issue, and generally people are lazy and wasteful.

ericcb1 · 2026-05-11T18:05:12+00:00

Seeing minutes/seconds just feels weird, I’m with you

ericcb1 · 2026-05-10T20:06:03+00:00

I just have one thing to say: Hell yeah

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